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I've got a few 20-30# compressors from old window a.c. units that I want to try to sell just to get out of the way. I haven't drained it or cut anything on it due to not being able to scrap without being certified to drain them.
Was curious if anybody knew about what a fair price to sell them for would be if I sell them to a buyer that can handle the draining properly? Thanks for the help!
It's just the compressors? You don't have to be certified to drain the oil and if they're already detached from the a/c unit they shouldn't have any freon in them, it would have been released when the compressor was separated from the radiator coils.
Awesome. Yea, it's just the compressors. Found a few that were already separated from the a.c. units during a clean out I did a while back. I've just had them sitting in a corner since then cause I figured you couldn't drain them legally lol. Glad I asked, I was about to take a loss selling them cheap to somebody that could scrap them just to get rid of them lol. I never realized how big of motors they had in them til recently. Thanks Admiral!Quote:
Originally Posted by AdmiralAluminum
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You probably will need to drain the oil out of them though. Most yards will not take them with the oil still in, as they do not want to pay for the weight of the oil, or have the oil make a big mess. You can easily drain the oil through one of the holes in the compressor where the copper line went into it. Some folks cut them open for the windings in the motor, but me personally find they are too much of a pita. They have a coating of shellac or varnish that makes the windings hard to get out, and the strings hard to remove. Not to mention the steel casing is harder to cut through than a fridge compressor. If I could figure a way of easily and economically removing the coating, I might change my mind and start cutting more open. I have about 25 whole window AC units I am waiting to process until I can get the Freon evac'd.
No problem. As wayne said, call your yard and see what they want you to do to them before selling. My yard takes them with oil but every yard is different.
They are sold as sealed units, in most parts of the country.
Why not drain the oil and cut them open? It's really not that hard to turn a couple of sealed units into a couple of pounds of #2 copper, heavy steel and light steel. From one grade of scrap you could with little effort have three! I even have found a half dozen uses for the oil. Just a suggestion, but each one us has to do what works for us!
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I second that. Bust them bad boys down!
And do a little more reading in the archives on this topic.
Yep there's like 500 threads on a/c units and compressors. I personally don't cut because some a/c ones have another shell around the copper motor on the inside and it takes a whole grinder disc to get into one!!! Not saying it's not worth it for you but some of them are killers so I just drain and turn in for .08 /lb. just turned in 600lbs from a/c's
In Dec I got $.15 a pound for them as is, oil and all... I am sure price is lower now